Each government minister views the circumstances of each issue differently. An interior minister has a different view of visa liberalization than does a foreign minister.

Political leaders have to withstand headwinds.

You cannot protect something without intervening on some level.

Each government minister views the circumstances of each issue differently. An interior minister has a different view of visa liberalization than does a foreign minister.

I don't want anybody to accuse me of taking advantage of the situation to pursue a particular political agenda.

I see no constitutional problems with the identification, staving off and defusing of outside threats.

Service disruptions have to be avoided or at least resolved as quickly as possible. When the Internet goes down, consumers don't notice the difference between a technical malfunction, an act of sabotage by hackers or a military attack.